Scars

SCARS Some scars can have an influence on a person’s health. In Traditional Chinese Medicine and in Auriculotherapy these scars are called “toxic scars” because of the effect they have on the flow of energy (they disturb normal cellular signalling) and represent a blockage to healing. Auriculotherapists have the advantage (more…)

Case History A 66 year old woman was referred by a naturopath for treatment of the sequelae of a CVA (right lacunar infarct) she had experienced 9 months earlier. She had noticed she was falling to one side and this was the only indication she had a stroke. The patient (more…) Lisa Holden Hills Family […]

Auriculotherapy Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Author Jim Chalmers BAc FAACMA This article is an updated version of one I presented at the 7th International Symposium of Auriculotherapy held in Lyon France in 2012, and should serve as a general treatment guide for practitioners who encounter patients (more…)

Auricular Acupuncture Points All Auriculotherapy charts depict points on the ear either as discrete locations or larger areas called zones within which a point may be found. It is important to realise that between these depicted points or zones, there are other points. The ear presents a microsystem of the whole (more…)

Author: Dr Kiasang Law. Summary: Auriculotherapy was pioneered by a French physician, Paul Nogier in early 1950‘s. The treatments are carried out on active ear acupuncture points using various acupuncture modalities, including hand massage, ear pellets (or magnetic pellets), needles, micro current stimulator as well as low level laser therapy. The (more…)

Scars improperly healed can constitute an impediment/blockage to healing. In fact they can be the whole cause of a metabolic dysfunction, pain, mental or emotional disorders. Always ask patients for any history of accidents, operations, tooth extractions (did they heal quickly?) cuts or scars. The slow to heal ones are (more…)

By Jim Chalmers Early references by Nogier and Bourdiol identify this point as the Reactional Brain (phase2) Point, an influential point of the corpus callosum. Various others have called it the psychic point, point recall, the psycho-analytical point, the past life point and the autonomic master point. Point R is (more…)

Author:Dr K S Law Summary: Conventional treatment of depression relies on the prescription of anti-depression drugs, such as Saroxat and Prozac, which come with many side effects. As there are many causes of depression, it is important to isolate the aetiology of depression and treat according to the symptoms presented. (more…)

Sciatica describes a set of symptoms including pain, sometimes severe, in the low-lumbar and sacral region of the back, and or the buttocks, hip and along the course of the sciatic nerve down the leg to the foot. It is most commonly the result of compression of the vertebral nerve (more…)

Auriculotherapy is a term used to describe the treatment of pain, muscular skeletal disorders, and a broad range of medical conditions by the application of massage, low energy laser or acupuncture needles to specific locations on the ear. Auriculotherapy, and by extension, Auriculomedicine, was discovered and developed into a profoundly (more…)